Kitchen Ritual for Lammas

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Kitchen Ritual for Lammas

 

 

 

 

Most of us simply don't have the time to bake regularly the way ourGreat-grandmothers and great-great-grandmothers did. But if you doJust a little planning in advance, most of us can usually carve outThe time to bake bread once a year, beginning on this day. By

Slowing down and savoring each step of the process, we rediscoverThe blessings of bread with our hands, our hearts, and our starvedSpirits.

When your loaves are done, you may want to bless them by singing aSong over them, or saying a prayer, or wafting a smudge stick orIncense wand over them - or by simply touching them with your hands.Now tear off a piece of your bread and place it in your mouth. Close

Your eyes as you taste it. It is amazing how different we feel aboutFood when we cook it with the conscious intention of honoring itsSacredness.

You can save a tiny bit of your special, sacred bread to place atYour kitchen altar. Or wrap a piece in cloth and tuck it away untilNext year, when you can burn it outdoors or compost it, giving itBack to the earth with thanks before you taste the first piece of

Your new bread. When we actively participate in simple, cyclicalRituals like this one, year after year, we feel a sense ofConnection that goes a long way toward healing our spirit-wounds.

You may also want to make or buy a small wheat figure (or cornDolly) today. These harvest blessings were traditional in manyCultures to honor the spirit of the wheat and bring luck andProtection to the home. Craft shops also sell lovely sheaves of

Wheat or barley, which are easy to soak and braid. Tie your braidWith a green ribbon and hang it over your oven. Or gather some driedGrasses and do the same.

From

Witch in the Kitchen by Cait Johnson